Combined door-bell and mail-receiver.



J. A. McDONALD.

COMBINED DOOR BELL AND MAIL RECEIVER.

APPLLCAHON FILED FEB. 4, 1915.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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JAMES A. MCDONALD, or FORT WORTH, TEXAs, ASSIGNOR To J. D. ZOOK, on FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

COMBINED DOOR-BELL AND MAIL-RECEIVER.

Application-filed February 4, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES A. MCDONALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort North, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Door-Bells and ldail-Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for receiving and holding mail, and particularly to devices which operate in connection with a door bell, and the object is to provide an article which will hold the mail at the door so that the carrier will not have to stand and wait for some one to come toget the mail and to provide a device which will ring the door bell when the mail is placed in the receiver, the ringing of the door bell being accomplished automatically. The ad vantage of such device is that the carrier can deposit the mail and depart without loss of time.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointedout in the claim.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete mail receiver and door bell. a side elevation of the same, with the bell cover removed to show the operating spring.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The drawings illustrate one manner of utilizing my invention.

A hell 1 with a removable side 2 is mounted on a standard '3 which is struck up from a base plate 4. A shaft or spindle 5 is rigid with the standard 3. The clappers 6 are of ordinary construction and may be varied as desired. A combined lever and receiver and holder 7 is fulcrumed on the bell at 8. The interior part of the lever 9 has the usual rack 10 which actuates a train of gearing 11 to drive the shaft 5. A spring 12 is attached to the bell and to the lever 9 to restore the lever to normal position. This spring can Copies of this patent may be obtained for Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 2 is Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Serial No. 6 ,033.

be arranged at any suitable point and accomplish the same results. The lever 7 is extended to form a mail holder 13 which A is provided with a handle 14. The mail is to be clamped in between the holder 13 and a board 15 on which the device is mounted. The device will hold as much mail as can be inserted between the holder 13 and the board 15. The spring 12 will pull on the lever 7 and thus clamp the mail against the board 15. A guide 16 is provided for the holder 13 and the holder is slotted at 17 to give freedom of movement to the holder 13 and a stop 18 is provided to limit the outward movement of the holder 13. The guide 16 will prevent the holder from lateral movement.

It will be understood that the lever 7 may be varied in length and size and that the tension of the spring 12 can be as strong as necessity may require. Additional mail holders 19 may be attached to the base 4: for retaining larger packages of mail.

In operation, the receiver is mounted at a convenient place about the front of the house. The carrier will pull on the handle 14 to open the receiver to place the mail in position to be clamped against the board 15. At the same time, the lever 9 will actuate the rack 10 for driving the gearing 11 so that the clappers 6 will be revolved for ringing 7 signaling device having gearing operatively connected to said rack, and a spring attached to said bell and to said arm.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand in the presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of January, 1915.

JAMES A. MCDONALD.

Witnesses:

A. L. JAoKsoN, J. W. SIM.

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Washington, D. C. 

